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January 13, 2009

Saturday night, was a big night for Nick!! He experienced his first professional Hockey game.......and boy was he excited!!

The first week in December, someone graciously gave me two front row tickets to the Flyers game. My first thought was that it would be something fun for Pat to do with Nick....a great boy bonding night!! The timing could not have been more perfect....the game fell just one week before his birthday!!

As soon as I got the tickets that came complete with a parking pass and free concessions, I called Pat to see what he thought.....Immediately, he said, he would love to take Nick, but he thought that we should give the tickets to Nick's Dad, so they could go together!! You see, Nick's Dad is a HUGE hockey fan and the two of them enjoy watching the Flyers games together on TV, so we knew he would be over the moon with excitement if he could take Nick to a live game!!!

We made the right choice, because when Nick and his Dad found out about the tickets, you would have thought they won the lottery......they were thrilled.

Game day comes and so does the snow.....we were a little concerned that they wouldn't make it, but luckily Philadelphia did not get hit as hard as we did....plus, Nick's Dad has a four wheel drive vehicle....definitely a plus when you have this kind of weather.

Before Nick left our house to go to his Dad's, he made sure he packed the old Kod@k digital so he could take some pictures while they were at the game.Someone offered to take a picture of the two of them before the game started. Nick didn't have a flyers shirt to wear, so he decided the next best thing to show some Philadelphia love, was his Eagles sweatshirt.....given the recent turn of events in the football playoffs, I would say he made a GREAT choice!!!

Nick snapped this shot through the glass, while the game was in play!! According to Scott, they had more then a few players get shoved up against the glass wall. He said the first time it happened, Nick jumped out of his seat, he was so scared. Nick said he thought they were going to come right through the glass and land on his lap!!

Not only did they have some of the best seats in the house, they watched the flyers win, and they walked away with a puck that flew up in the air!!! I wish I could have been there to see that catch.....

It was a night they will always remember and I am so glad that Nick got to experience this with his Dad.....they were both so grateful and very excited to come home and tell us all that happened. The first thing Nick did was whip out the camera to show me all the pictures he took...... Then he asked me if I could put them on the blog..... I think I am starting to rub off on him....first the camera, now the blog....I better keep an eye on him with that new computer:)

LOVE watching hockey.. It is sooo fun..SOOO Glad Nick and his dad had a great time..Nick is sounding like my kids.. "are you putting it on the blog~ WILL you put it on the blog"Tooo funny..Have a great Week..Hugs..

My boys love hockey games!! The Ducks play close to our house-- 30 min and our firnds have season passes so we get to go to Duck games often-- the boys love it more than anything!! They got hockey sticks for Christmas so they play street and roller hockey everyday after school. They totally love it!!

That is sooo cool. My boys were watching that game because they are Leaf fans! I would have watched it if I had of known there was a chance of seeing Nick on tv. Seeing he had front row seats I bet there was glimpses of him more than once. Bummer.I'm glad he had fun. That was very generous of you and Pat to pass the tix along.

HI Lisa,Well seems your Nick and I have something in common here. I LOVE HOCKEY, I AM A TOTALLY FANATIC ABOUT IT. Where I used to live I used to take my nephew to watch the Fly boys practice. I got so many signatures and pics with them. I even have a dog named M. Recchi and a cat named Zellapukin. Okay, so tell that to Nick, he'll laugh.

Miss those days, but more important things, like a baby girl beckons to me these days!

What a fun night for Nick and his Dad!!! We are big Blackhawks fans and go to the games often. I only go when we get the suite LOL That was so generous of you to give the tickets to Nick's Dad..you are such a sweetie {{{{hug}}}

In regards to your comment on my blog about mia being 6 months at referral-- she was NOT 6 months at referral, she had just 2 days prior turned 5 months old. We actually got her in our arms at 6 months. It was crazy how young she was. We never expected a baby baby-- we expected around a 1 year old but for some reason we got this tiny little baby!! Our file was skipped accidentally for one month so many speculate China kind of did a "were not going to admit fault on you being skipped but here is a kind of consulation prize". I know that sounds crass but that is the way China works--they wont admit fault but they will give you something special in return-- mia was not only barly 5 months at referral but also was in foster care since the day she was born so we got really lucky!!